ASL 3 Midterm

How many handshapes are in the manual alphabet?

22

how do you personify a sign

Add an agent

What % of sign language is expressed through facial expression, body language and eye contact?

50%

What two other meanings does the sign FINISH represent besides ALL-DONE

ENOUGH and STOP-IT

Two different types of name signs

Descriptive and arbitrary

What way are eyebrows for WH questions

Down

Age of language acquisition

0-5

Who probed ASL was a real language and in what year?

William Stokoe 1960

Hearing or deaf and what did he teach

Hearing taught English at Gallaudet

SEE 1

Seeing essential English

SEE 2

Signing exact English

CASE

Conceptually accurate signed English

1-7 closet to asl

cued speech, Rochester, SEE 1, SEE 2, SE, PSE, CASE

Uses markers for prefixes and suffixes

SEE 2

Primary purpose is literacy

Cued

Designed for preschool student

SE

Signs only the word and

Rochester

Idioms signed literally

SEE 2

Accepted by deaf for communication with non-native signers

PSE, CASE

Three rules for the 2/3 rule

Spelling, sound, meaning

2 pros for MCE

Hearing parents are willing to learn it, some aspects of ASL

2 cons of MCE

not a real language, meaning is least of importance

cha

Something large in size

Brr

Operation of machinery

zz clenched teeth

Shows roughness

mmm

Something in medium size

ooo

Something small in size

Pow

Something that happens quickly

Puffed cheeks

Show thickness of an object

Pursed lips

Used to show thinness

Th

Careless

Tight lips

Shows acting assertive

Tight facial

Shows something extreme, over the top

Eyes squinted

Shows extreme intensity

Two rules for a true idiom

More than 1 word, not understand unless you know the language

Squander

Waste

Contend

Argue

Ameliorate

Improve

Adept

Expert

Steadfast

Responsible

Admonish

Warn

Adroit

Skill

Propensity

Tend-to

Spurious

Fake

Atrophy

Weak

Underscore

Emphasize

Personal pronouns

I, he, she, it

Possessive

Mine, his, hers, it’s

Reflexive

Myself, himself, herself, itself

What is the golden rule

Always be signing

What % of dead children have hearing parents

90%

What do you need when watching a movie

Cc, big screen

What are two examples of rude behavior in the deaf world

Not telling where you are going, covering your mouth

What is the smallest grammatical unit of speech

Morpheme

Three ways a deaf person can have an accent

Location, age, gender

NAD

national association of the deaf

ADA

American with disabilities act

RID

Register of interpreter for the deaf

Counting numbers called what

Cardinal

Handling of object CL

9

Small round

F

Relatively flat

B

Long thin objects

1

Semi circular objects

LL

Movement of objects

5

Curved or bent objects

X

Thickness of an object

C

Short or shallow depths

G

Person’s legs

V

Cylindrical objects

O

Small squat objects

Flat O

Wide or long objects

Y

Very thin and long objects

I

Short round thickness

R

Height and width of small objects

Baby C

Represents liquid

Baby O

Machines that fly

I-L-Y

Expands on the amount of something

4

4 examples of DST

Long goodbyes, late arrival, early arrival, extended social interaction

% of deaf children have hearing parents

90%

What is a reference point

Visual indication of an object

What is inflection

Modify meaning of a sign

What is the purpose of using MCE with deaf children

To see English

Signs idioms by meaning

CASE